Advancing Cutting Tool Production with Electrical Discharge Grinding
By: Julia Hider
A wider power range and new erosion control features enable users of ANCA’s EDG machines to more quickly produce cutting tools that last longer.
Metalworking Index Holds Steady After Scorching First Quarter
By: Michael Guckes
The Gardner Business Index: Metalworking held at a reading of 62.2 through April, indicating a constant level of expansion.
#economics
Cross-hole Deburring Tool Eliminates Secondary Process
By: Evan Doran
The Orbitool from J.W. Done helped Paramount Machine eliminate a secondary deburring process, saving 75 process hours across a 2000-part run and enabling the shop to meet its profit and delivery time goals.
#casestudy
March Cutting Tool Orders Highest in 13 Months
By: Steven Kline, Jr.
March cutting tool orders were $177.6 million, close to pre-lockdown level. GBI: Metalworking Index indicates cutting tool orders will increase through 2021.
Challenges Reveal Value and Vulnerability of Small Machine Shops
By: Peter Zelinski
Small business ownership is conducive to the kind of oversight and commitment that serves machining well, but small business also relies on the support and commitment of enterprises around them.
#zaxis
Implementing Digital Shop Floor Metrology
By: Evan Doran
In a recent webinar with MMS, Michael Creney, Mitutoyo America’s vice president of product management, outlined the benefits of digital shop floor metrology and delivered tips for adopting it.
Ceramic End Mill Achieves Long Life and High MRR at Standard Machining Center Speeds
By: Peter Zelinski
Material advances have produced a ceramic end mill that performs well at lower cutting speeds and competes with carbide in a broad range of applications. Your shop might begin using ceramic tools.
#titaniummachining
Calling Custom Macros Through Modal Commands
By: Mike Lynch
While G65 does not enable users to simply and easily carry out Custom Macros in multiple locations, G66 and G66.1 provide modal solutions for doing so.
#cnctechtalk
Power Skiving Enables Smaller, Precise Robotics Machining
By: Evan Doran
Power skiving tools like Sandvik Coromant’s CoroMill 178 can increase productivity, precision and flexibility when machining gears for applications such as industrial robotics.
#casestudy #gearproduction
Cybersecurity Process Maturity Demands a Plan
By: Matt Danford
Plans may fail, but planning has intrinsic value for building sustainable, adaptable data defenses.
#datamatters
Rethinking MRO Challenges with Desktop Metal's Studio System
By: Evan Doran
The second-generation Studio System simplifies the design process and eliminates common safety hazards of metal AM, increasing accessibility for manufacturers.
Webinar | Workholding Considerations to Reduce Setup Time and Process Variability
Join Mate Precision Technologies for a webinar about its 52/96 precision workholding system that's specifically designed to keep users in the cut.
The Case for Automatic Door Operation
By: Mark Albert
Automatic door systems for stand-alone machine tools require periodic inspection and maintenance, but excel in environments with automation capability or frequent door use.
Real Work Through the Xometry Partner Network, No Quoting Required, Free to Join, and New Jobs Added Daily
In this Digital Demo, Xometry’s Partner Success Manager guides machinists through the company’s Partner Network, highlighting how to become a partner; finding work through the partner portal; and the benefits of being a Xometry Manufacturing Partner. (Sponsored)
New Advances – Cutting Tool Holding for Turning Machines and Die & Mold Industry
While everyone may know HAIMER as your system partner around the machine tool, there have been new innovations from HAIMER including new systems of tool holding specific for live-driven tools, Swiss machines, and multi-axis mill-turn machines that allow for consistent, reliable cutting tool holding in production environments. (Sponsored)
Clamping Solution Facilitates Large-Part Vertical Machining
By: Evan Doran
Mitee-Bite Products’ fixtures demonstrated their powerful clamping support in a project with Akron Gear & Engineering to vertically hold a 1-ton ring during machining.
#casestudy
Plotting a Pathway to Profitable Additive Manufacturing
By: Timothy W. Simpson
The cost per pound for a metal AM part may be shocking, but that knowledge is essential to plan a journey to success with Additive Manufacturing.
#additiveinsights
